In “The Problem with Apu,” I used Apu & The Simpsons as an entry point into a larger conversation about the representation of marginalized groups & why this is important. The Simpsons response tonight is not a jab at me, but at what many of us consider progress.
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Wait wait wait...they did that Apu thing TONIGHT in response to your film? Oh, wow...
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Oh great. Now I have to watch a post season 10 ep of the Simpsons. Eh I’ll just read the various think pieces
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#TheSimpsons completely toothless response to @harikondabolu #TheProblemWithApu about the racist character Apu:
"Something that started decades ago and was applauded and inoffensive is now politically incorrect... What can you do?"
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Yea that’s what makes us feel that it was done by design and the fact that they stare at the camera after that almost sending a message like ‘it’s 1 each now kondabolu’
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I never watched the Simpsons again after I first saw Apu. Agree. The creators not accepting the problem Is the problem.
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Clearly✔️
(*at least it was clear to me!)
Their official response? Kinda heartbreakingly & maybe even ~purposely~ ignorant.... ☹️
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